Halloween is the longest occasion of the 12 months at Walt Disney World, starting in August and working till October 31, 2025. This information to spook season covers every part it’s essential to find out about how Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, and resorts have fun fall–from meals to particular occasions, merchandise, and extra. (Up to date July 5, 2025.)
By way of fundamentals, we should always begin by acknowledging the fact that Halloween pales compared to Christmas at Walt Disney World. Whereas the Halloween season is technically longer (3 versus 2 months), the vacation season is the largest in scale and scope. See our Final Information to Christmas at Walt Disney World for every part it’s essential to find out about that.
Each park and resort will get into the vacation spirit for Christmas. Against this, Halloween is basically confined to Magic Kingdom, Disney Springs, and a handful of different areas–and even then, it’s not as ubiquitous as Christmas. Nonetheless, in the event you’re planning on visiting Florida throughout the spook season months, we’ve received you coated with every part to make the journey as ghoulish (in a great way!) as attainable…
For starters, probably the most frequent query we obtain is When Does Walt Disney World Embellish for Halloween? In the event you’re planning a 2025 trip, that’s value trying out.
Additionally be aware that this information doesn’t but cowl the meals that’ll be accessible particularly for Halloween. Walt Disney World usually releases a number of ‘foodie guides’ for Halloween–one for Magic Kingdom, one for the opposite parks, and one for Disney Springs and the resorts. We’ll share these right here as soon as accessible, which regularly isn’t till early August for Magic Kingdom, and late August or early September for the opposite areas.
Right here’s every part else it’s essential to know concerning the autumn at Walt Disney World…
Halloween Season Crowds
The group ranges you’ll encounter at Walt Disney World throughout Halloween fluctuate extensively, which needs to be unsurprising because it’s a 3-month vacation. Typically talking, weekends and faculty breaks are the busiest occasions to go to Walt Disney World from August by way of October.
This consists of the primary half of August, which continues to be summer season trip for many of the United States. See our August 2025 Crowd Calendar for additional insights on good and dangerous occasions to go to in that month.
Traditionally, September is the least busy month at Walt Disney World, making just about any day throughout that month a great time to go to Walt Disney World. Nonetheless, there are a few exceptions in direction of the start and finish of the month. See our September 2025 Crowd Calendar.
October tends to be the busiest month of the trio because of fall break. Particularly, the dates round Columbus Day are busy. Nonetheless, the month as a complete hasn’t been as dangerous in the previous couple of years, doubtless because of fewer conventions and in addition disruptions because of hurricane scares. It could possibly be worse once more in 2025, or stay extra reasonable. See our October 2025 Crowd Calendar for additional particulars.
In the event you’d choose dates to focus on and keep away from, see our lists of the 10 Finest & 10 Worst Weeks to Go to Walt Disney World in 2025-2026. The months of August by way of October have a number of weeks on either side of the ledger.
Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Get together is a hard-ticketed occasion at Magic Kingdom that enables visitors to have fun the spook season at Walt Disney World. MNSSHP options particular leisure, trick-or-treating all through Magic Kingdom, decrease crowds (though you won’t discover this in the event you hang around on Primary Road all evening) and shorter waits for many points of interest. A lot of characters are out within the park sporting their favourite costumes – and also you’re inspired to put on yours, too!
Right here’s a fast rundown of the key highlights at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together:
- Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular! Watch 3 sinister sisters bewitch and bedazzle the residents of Magic Kingdom on this stage present.
- Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular—a wickedly wild fireworks show that includes a few of your favourite characters and hosted by Jack Skellington, who seems in larger-than-life puppet kind.
- See beloved favourite floats and characters throughout Mickey’s Boo-to-You Halloween Parade.
- Boogie down on the Disney Junior Jam at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café—that includes some favourite associates from Disney Junior exhibits. It’s excellent for younger partygoers!
- Gather a bag filled with sweet as you roam the trick-or-treat trails in quest of a few of your favourite sweets.
- Revel within the terribly enchanting environment of Magic Kingdom throughout this limited-capacity occasion.
- A couple of iconic Magic Kingdom points of interest have an extra-eerie vibe throughout the get together. Really feel the Halloween spirit with spooky music, particular results and extra Area Mountain, Mad Tea Get together, and Monsters Inc. Chuckle Flooring.
The marquee leisure throughout MNSSHP is the primary three entries above–stage present, fireworks, and parade. These are the must-see elements of the occasion.
Except for 2020-2021 (when it didn’t occur), we’ve attended Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together a minimum of as soon as yearly since 2008–together with over a dozen occasions in 2019. In the event you’re on the fence about attending, see our most up-to-date evaluate: Is Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together Definitely worth the $$$$? For what it’s value, the previous couple of years have been higher than 2018-2019, so in the event you haven’t attended since then, it’s doubtlessly value reconsidering.
From all of these get together nights–and ticket purchases–we’ve discovered rather a lot about the way it works, a lot of which can be coated in our Information to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together, which additionally covers whether or not it’s well worth the cash, technique for the occasion, and rather more.
Tickets for the 2025 Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Get together might now be bought by anybody by calling 407-939-4240 or on-line at disneyworld.com. One factor to notice is that the occasion begins per week later than regular this 12 months, starting on August 15, 2025 (nonetheless very early to begin celebrating Halloween by actual world requirements!).
Tickets for many dates of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together will promote out once more in 2025, so we’d encourage you to decide to attend or not and purchase tickets ASAP. In the event you sought out a information to Halloween at Walt Disney World, it’s best to in all probability attend this get together, because it’s far and away the spotlight of Halloween.
One ultimate factor to notice is the motive why MNSSHP is beginning later than regular: Disney Starlight Evening Parade. That is debuting lower than a month earlier than Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together begins, and it’ll solely be introduced on non-party nights from August by way of December 2025. Because of this if you wish to see Starlight, you’ll even have to go to Magic Kingdom on a unique evening when MNSSHP or MVMCP (the Christmas occasion that occurs in November and December). We’re anticipating sky-high demand for Starlight, so count on these non-party nights to be very busy.
Minnie’s Halloween Dine
At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, there’s Halloween enjoyable at Hollywood & Vine the place Minnie’s Seasonal Eating is again for Halloween. You will get within the spooky spirit throughout Minnie’s Halloween Dine.
That is as soon as once more the traditional expertise. The buffet just lately returned and the total character expertise is again. As such, we as soon as once more extremely advocate Minnie’s Halloween Dine, particularly to those that aren’t doing Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Get together. Learn our full Minnie’s Halloween Dine Evaluation for images of the characters, meals, and extra!
EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition
It’s not even remotely themed to Halloween, however in the event you squint laborious sufficient, the EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition may vaguely resemble a fall-themed providing. Relying on the 12 months, you may discover a handful of pumpkin-flavored snacks and different fall(ish) treats in EPCOT (in the event you search laborious sufficient). Plus, the occasion has one thing of an Oktoberfest vibe (once more, a stretch).
Regardless, Walt Disney World’s flagship fall foodie occasion is enjoyable, and we extremely advocate spending a while snacking all over the world. Not solely that, however that is the opposite “massive” taking place throughout Halloween season, so it’s value highlighting even when it isn’t “Halloweenie.” See our Information to the 2025 EPCOT Worldwide Meals & Wine Competition for every part it’s essential to know.
This 12 months’s EPCOT Meals & Wine Competition doesn’t begin till Labor Day weekend, which implies you’ll miss it in the event you go to for the primary couple of weeks that Magic Kingdom is internet hosting Halloween in mid-August. We’d extremely advocate timing your go to to catch Meals & Wine–the lead-up to the occasion is One of many Finest Weeks of the 12 months to Go to Walt Disney World.
Magic Kingdom Halloween Decorations
Magic Kingdom is the one park at Walt Disney World that actually will get decked out for Halloween. There you’ll see iconic Mickey Head Pumpkin Wreaths on lampposts up and down Primary Road and the Central Plaza in entrance of Cinderella Fortress.
There are additionally pumpkins lining the second story of Primary Road’s outlets, with the carvings on every drawing inspiration from the companies inside. Along with that, there are some fall wreaths and different mild touches to provide the entrance of the park Halloween environment.
Our favourite decorations of all are the City Sq. “Pumpkin Folks” or Scarecrow Residents of Primary Road!
These are simply a number of the many decorations up and down Primary Road and increasing into Liberty Sq. at Magic Kingdom.
Disney Springs Halloween Decorations
All through September and October, you’ll discover “Fall at Disney Springs,” which options seasonal decorations, photograph backdrops, leisure, and treats throughout Disney Springs.
There’s not a ton to it, however Disney Springs undoubtedly feels extra like Halloween than anyplace at Walt Disney World exterior of Primary Road at Magic Kingdom. The decorations are good, there’s loads of Halloween merchandise, and a few enjoyable photograph ops. We wouldn’t advocate making a visit to Disney Springs particularly for the autumn/Halloween decor, nevertheless it’s neat to see on an already-planned go to there.
Halloween Merchandise
Company visiting Walt Disney World throughout the Halloween season will discover a wide range of themed merchandise all through the theme parks, lodges, and at varied outlets in Disney Springs.
There are Pumpkin Mickey and Hocus Pocus Spirit Jerseys, Pumpkin Mickey Ear Band, and number of different choices. See Halloween Merchandise at Walt Disney World for a take a look at every part.
Return to Sleepy Hole
“Return to Sleepy Hole” is (was?) a enjoyable fall occasion held at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. It has not been held for the final a number of years so it’s in all probability completely retired, however different choices that had been ‘briefly’ suspended have nonetheless been returning post-COVID, so possibly a comeback in 2025 is feasible? Don’t maintain your breath.
The night features a group viewing of the 1949 animated basic movie the Legend of Sleepy Hole contained in the resort’s Tri-Circle-D Ranch stables. Throughout occasion nights, you’ll be capable to see galloping ghosts and expertise an up shut and private encounter with the Headless Horseman. After the film, there’s a dessert get together the place visitors can take pleasure in Halloween-themed snacks and desserts.
Within the final 12 months it was held, the “Return to Sleepy Hole” occurred at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground on choose weekends in late September and October, plus the final full week main as much as Halloween. Right here had been these dates: September 28-30, October 3-7, October 10-14, 17-21, 24-31.
The explanation it was cancelled beforehand was because of building of Reflections — A Disney Lakeside Lodge, which additionally entailed constructing a brand new Tri-Circle-D Ranch. The latter mission is now completed, and the reimagined outcomes are fairly spectacular.
Moreover, the lodge idea has been revived after a multi-year shelving, and it’s now often called Disney Lakeshore Lodge. This implies extra building at Fort Wilderness between now and 2027, nevertheless it doesn’t actually look like that may affect the Return to Sleepy Hole. All of it relies on whether or not Walt Disney World has enough staffing and a need to carry again the expertise.
“Halloween” Sights
That is the place issues begin to turn out to be a stretch. Not like Disneyland, there aren’t any Halloween attraction overlays at Walt Disney World. Which means no Nightmare Earlier than Christmas-inspired Haunted Mansion Vacation, no Area Mountain Ghost Galaxy, and no “Monsters After Darkish” for Tower of Terror.
As a substitute, Walt Disney World has two iconic haunted home/lodge points of interest: Haunted Mansion and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. Each are open year-round and usually are not expressly “Halloween” points of interest, however each share bloodlines with–and have served as inspiration for–iconic Halloween tales, films, and extra.
Different Orlando Halloween Occasions
Now in its thirty fourth terrifying 12 months, Halloween Horror Nights at Common Studios Florida is Orlando’s most well-known Halloween occasion for adults, and our favourite present hang-out season occasion. We usually purchase Frequent Worry Passes that permit us to go to a number of occasions throughout September and October. It’s an awesome occasion if you wish to be scared–nevertheless it’s not appropriate for kids.
The first draw of HHN is the walk-through haunted home mazes. Round half are normally primarily based on horror franchises like Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath and Beetlejuice, with the opposite half being authentic IP. There’s different leisure together with stage exhibits, the Halloween: Marathon of Mayhem lagoon present, and outside scare zones stuffed with hordes of scare-actors who attempt to startle visitors. See our Final Information to Halloween Horror Nights for every part it’s essential to know.
Howl-O-Scream has washed ashore at SeaWorld Orlando, and the concern is in every single place. At SeaWorld’s Howl-O-Scream, you’ll evade offended haunts as they rampage by way of scare zones. Search shelter indoors, solely to seek out you’ve entered a home of horrors. Deepen the fun with a nighttime coaster trip. Quench your thirst for concern at a fiendishly interactive bar. Really feel the monstrous electrical energy of a reside present.
Above all, strive to withstand the haunting track of the one who has emerged from the lake. Evil is asking–with a howl and a scream. Expertise 27 nights of totally immersive concern this fall from September 10 by way of October 31, solely at SeaWorld Orlando. (These are SeaWorld’s tacky phrases, not mine. Since this occasion is model new, we haven’t but skilled it and are simply rolling with the PR copy.)
That’s a wrap for our Information to Halloween 2025 at Walt Disney World. Because the spook season attracts nearer, we’re anticipating extra surprises and bulletins will likely be made, so hopefully we’ll have extra information to share as Halloween approaches.
So keep tuned. We’ll you’ll want to maintain you posted and this information up to date accordingly!
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